The 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup is the 14th Hockey World Cup field hockey tournament. It is being held from 28 November to 16 December 2018, at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, India.
The stadium looks incredible, most tickets have been sold out and the spirit of hockey is relied upon to be better than anyone might have expected.
The opening celebration, which was just about a three-hour long , passed on an incredible message of “oneness of humanity”.
Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit and Oscar-winning music composer AR Rahman entertained the audience at the opening function of Men’s Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Making a step further towards understanding the dream of restoring the glory of Indian Hockey at the worldwide level, the state government is sponsoring the Indian Hockey teams until 2023.
The following is the rundown of the following 16 qualified teams:
Pool A
Argentina
New Zealand
Spain
France
Pool B
Australia
Ireland
China
England
Pool C
Belgium
India
Canada
South Africa
Pool D
Netherlands
Germany
Malaysia
Pakistan
All set for our World Cup campaign that kicks off today – we are excited to play in front of our home crowd! Keep your support flowing & bring the noise for @TheHockeyIndia 🇮🇳 #HWC2018 #DilHockey #Chakde pic.twitter.com/GiXBy0kIdN
— Manpreet Singh (@manpreetpawar07) November 28, 2018
India is placed in Pool C of the tournament. Manpreet Singh will lead the Indian group in the competition, while Chinglensana Singh will be his delegate.
We cannot wait for the festivities to continue at the World Cup Celebrations of the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup. We should look at how Twitter reacted to it.
All the very best @TheHockeyIndia. Play well! 👍
All luck with you. ❤
Chak De Indiaaaa! 💪🇮🇳#ChakDeIndia #HockeyWorldCup2018 pic.twitter.com/dOniyRhsRB— Khusiram Roy (@ray_khusiram) November 28, 2018
Wonderful to see your infectious excitement for hockey. #Odisha is equally excited to host you @iamsrk ji. The preview of #JaiHindIndia by @arrahman ji has made the entire fraternity eagerly wait for the full version penned by legendary #Gulzar ji.#HockeyWorldCup2018 https://t.co/mxEPTrvw16
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) November 19, 2018
No mention in National Media about World Cup Hockey that too when it is being hosted in India. Why such second class treatment to our national game?? #HockeyWorldCup2018 @BBSRBuzz #AbBasHockey @ndtv @TimesNow @republic @IndiaToday @sardesairajdeep @PrannoyRoyNDTV
— Manaswini Satapathy (@satmanaswini) November 27, 2018
